Copperdale Trust

Analysis

Copperdale Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in October 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing, amateur sport and animals, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Copperdale Trust reported income of £95k and spending of £130k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £212k to £95k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Copperdale Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smile Malawi (£95k), Kingdom Heritage Christian Fellowship (£95k) and Hitchin Partnership CIO (£95k).